ALERT OVER NEW 5-IN-1 BABY JABS - nearly two out of three infants given an injec

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SUNDAY EXPRESS MAY 14 2006

FRONT PAGE STORY

 

ALERT OVER NEW 5-IN-1 BABY JABS

EXCLUSIVE By Lucy Johnston

 

HEALTH EDITOR

 

Brain damage fears after trial results show that two-thirds of patients

experience bad reaction

 

Babys given the new five-in-one jab face a risk of convulsions, brain damage

or even death.

 

Results of medical trials by the firm which makes the vaccine have revealed

that the " superdose " vaccination, which was introduced 18 months ago, can have

serious side-effects.

 

The five-in-one is designed to protect children against diphtheria, tetanus,

whooping cough, Hib influenza and polio in a single shot.

 

Evidence from the vaccine's manufacturers, Sanofi Pasteur, shows that in

clinical trials 64 per cent of 451 babies given the Pediacel jab experienced bad

reactions. Ten per cent of these were " moderate to severe " .

 

These included convulsions, loss of consciousness and high-pitched or

persistent inconsolable crying.

 

Other studies showed that components of the vaccine can cause breathing

difficulties, blue discolouration of the skin due to lack of oxygen, swelling of

the brain, low blood pressure and extreme allergic shock.

 

The document prepared for the Medicines Healthcare Regulatory Authority and

publicised by What Doctors Don't Tell You, a monthly newsletter that questions

conventional medicine, has angered doctors and MPs. Professor Steve Webb,

Liberal Democrat health spokesman, criticised the Government saying: " I am very

concerned that these apparently wide spread side-effects have not been

disclosed. The Government should investigate these concerns urgently " .

 

Dr Richard Halvorsen, a London GP who specialises in innoculations said: " I'm

concerned that this five-in-one is overloading a child's immune system.

 

" The risks of vaccinations have been played down by the Government and

parents have been fobbed off with bland reassurances " .

 

And Dr Peter Mansfield, who won a case against the doctor's governing body,

the General Medical Council, for refusing to give the combined controversial

measles, mumps and rubella to infants, said: " This is scandalous. We're

vaccinating babies when their immune systems are not ready " .

 

Jackie Fletcher from the vaccine damage support group JABS, is also

concerned. She said: " The Department of Health is failing to acknowledge the

dangers of

the vaccines and the damage they can cause. It claims the five-in-one is

perfectly safe, but clearly it is not.

 

" The only person taking a risk here is the baby and parents are not being

given correct information about it " .

 

Health officials claim it is safer than the four-in-one-jab it replaced which

contained the controversial preservative mercury, which has been linked with

autism. The new jab is also deemed to be safer because it contains inactivated

polio to remove the risk that children could contract polio paralysis from

the old oral vaccine that contained a live sample of the virus.

 

However, the revelations will ignite debate about the over-use of

innoculations and could hinder Government plans to bring in an even more

intensive

vaccination programme that will see children receiving 25 vaccines in 12

injections

by the time they are two.

 

The new proposed schedule contains the controversial MMR jab, the five-in-one

jab, a new pneumococcal vaccine and the meningitis C vaccine.

 

When the five-in-one was launched the Government vaccine chief urged parents:

" Please do not delay having your child vaccinated. Our vaccines are

extremely safe. "

 

Nicholas Kitchin, medical director of Sanofi Pasteur, insisted: " There are

fewer side-effects with the five-in-one than were reported with the older

four-in-one vaccine.

 

" All drugs and vaccines have potential side-effects, which parents should be

aware of and these are listed in the information leaflet included with every

dose of the vaccine. Severe reactions are rare and the benefits of vaccination

far outweigh the risks. "

 

A spokeswoman for the Department of Health added: " The Joint Committee on

Vaccination and Immunisation thoroughly assesses the evidence on the safety and

efficacy of all new vaccines before they are added to the childhood

immunisation programme. Pediacel has an excellent record.

 

" Every parent is informed about the potential side effects of every vaccine

in a guide which is given to parents by health visitors. "

 

 

SUNDAY EXPRESS MAY 14 2006

 

OPINION

 

Health chiefs must act now on five-in-one vaccine fears

 

The Government must move fast to prove that its new super-drug is completely

safe for British babies. The five-in-one vaccination, introduced 18 months

ago, was claimed to be a major breakthrough in the fight against childhood

killer

diseases. The drug, which is intended to provide protection against polio,

diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and meningitis, is given to babies as young

as two months and was claimed to be risk-free.

 

But evidence collected by the drug's manufacturer tells a different story.

 

The Sunday Express has revealed that the maker's clinical trials showed that

nearly two out of three infants given an injection of its super jab

experienced significant side effects.

 

The trials, when linked with other data, revealed a danger that children

could suffer convulsions and even run the risk of brain damage.

 

This is devastating news for parents. Some health campaigners warn that the

combination of five powerful vaccines adminstered in this way overwhelms a

baby's immune system.

 

It is vital that the Department of Health intervenes now to restore public

confidence. Every parent knows that no threat to a baby's health is ever

tolerable.

 

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